Parenting Update Archives

As measles cases and vaccine policy debates make headlines, many parents feel overwhelmed by decisions about their children’s health. This article...

Praying for your kids, yourself, (as well as opposing teams and their parents, coaches, and referees) is a great way to demonstrate faith that God...

Concern for our families can quickly become overwhelming when health, safety, relationships, and an uncertain future feel beyond our control. These...

When emotions run high in your home, it can feel overwhelming to respond with grace. Learn wise, gentle tools to support your child—and...

Even when our kids are grown, they still need us to notice them. Here are 10 things your adult children hope you will see in them. Your son or...

Even after all the experience we got with our own children, navigating relationships for grandparents is still tricky territory. Here are 5 types...

Letting go when a child leaves for college can feel like grief, gratitude, pride, and fear all at once. In this deeply personal reflection, Meg...

An Oxford study found that grandparents play a high-level role in children's emotional and behavioral growth. Present grandparents help ensure...

Even the most organized plans will falter and require you to pivot. Don’t be discouraged; remember that God’s grace is sufficient and will cover...

Snowplow parenting can come from love, but constantly clearing obstacles for our children may keep them from learning responsibility, resilience,...

I delight in buying composition books, index cards, highlighters, and the like. Whether you enjoy school supplies as I do, or not,...

We know Grandparents have every good intention at heart, but here are some things that you might want to be aware of in your goal of lightening the...

We hurt for them, children with weight heaped upon their shoulders – weight that is much too heavy even for adults to carry. The most powerful...

As the school year approaches, we can become easily swept up with to-do lists that we forget the...

As summer winds down and the new school year approaches, let's take a moment to pray for the kids who will be going back to school. These prayers...